dire « tu »
\diʁ ty\
The verdict
“dire « tu »” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tutoyer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dire « tu » |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \diʁ ty\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dire « tu »” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for dire « tu » is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \diʁ ty\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tutoyer.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for dire « tu » in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dire « tu », spelled D-I-R-E- -«- -T-U- -».
Definition
- 1Tutoyer.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dire « tu »”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is D-I-R-E- -«- -T-U- -» - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \diʁ ty\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.